September 1811 Chilean coup d'état
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The Revolution of September 4, 1811, also known as Golpe del 4 de septiembre (September 4 Coup) or simply as Primer golpe de Carrera (Carrera's First Coup), was a military movement in Chile. Its main objective was to change the conformation of the nascent National Congress, transforming it into a Congress more inclined to separatist ideas. The movement had as military leaders the Carrera brothers, among them José Miguel, who later became the main character of the so-called Patria Vieja (1810-1814). On the political side, the main instigators of the coup movement were the Larraín family (also called Los Ochocientos or Ottomans) with Fray Joaquín Larraín at their head.
The revolution of September 4[note 1] was quickly imposed before the Congress and after that Carrera, presenting a list of petitions on behalf of the people of Santiago, forced the legislators to accede to most of the requests, whose main impact resided in suspending from their positions a group of men considered inclined to the royalist ideas (called Saracens)[note 2] or in their absence moderates, and changing them for men recognized for their patriotic ideas. This was the first of the four coups d'état that characterized the political life of Carrera, who also resorted to this formula on November 15 and December 2 of the same year, and on July 23, 1814. In addition, this military movement had the peculiarity of being the first successful coup d'état in the history of Chile.[note 3]